Research Article
Global and National Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight Status
Table 1
Characteristics of WHS body mass index (BMI) sample, by country and in total, WHS, 2002-2003.
| Country | Initial sample size | Number missing height or weight information | Number excluded based on BMI (<11.3 or >61.2 kg/m2) | Number missing socio-demographic information | Final sample size | % males | Mean age | % Urban |
| Bangladesh | 5942 | 5071 | 61 | 7 | 803 | 86.1% | 35.3 | 52.6% | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1031 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 995 | 41.5% | 46.9 | 42.2% | Brazil | 5000 | 587 | 108 | 158 | 4147 | 46.3% | 41.1 | 83.7% | Burkina Faso | 4948 | 3215 | 23 | 40 | 1670 | 51.7% | 34.0 | 44.9% | Chad | 4875 | 1393 | 126 | 184 | 3172 | 50.3% | 36.6 | 24.9% | China | 3994 | 6 | 107 | 35 | 3846 | 50.1% | 44.7 | 39.8% | Comoros | 1836 | 103 | 29 | 82 | 1622 | 45.5% | 42.0 | 29.7% | Congo | 3077 | 863 | 68 | 85 | 2061 | 47.7% | 36.1 | 80.7% | Côte d'Ivoire | 3251 | 381 | 75 | 144 | 2651 | 60.0% | 35.2 | 60.2% | Croatia | 993 | 24 | 20 | 38 | 911 | 40.2% | 52.4 | 66.0% | Czech Republic | 949 | 46 | 32 | 18 | 853 | 43.4% | 47.7 | 71.6% | Dominican Republic | 5027 | 1907 | 93 | 47 | 2980 | 50.8% | 40.4 | 57.8% | Ecuador | 5677 | 1569 | 216 | 396 | 3496 | 45.8% | 40.8 | 68.1% | Estonia | 1021 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 955 | 35.3% | 49.6 | 66.2% | Ethiopia | 5090 | 4119 | 16 | 36 | 919 | 71.9% | 31.6 | 26.6% | Georgia | 2950 | 213 | 49 | 109 | 2579 | 42.3% | 48.5 | 43.9% | Ghana | 4165 | 461 | 170 | 224 | 3310 | 46.2% | 40.5 | 38.3% | Guatemala | 4890 | 1735 | 85 | 201 | 2869 | 46.8% | 39.2 | 44.4% | Hungary | 1419 | 30 | 54 | 36 | 1299 | 40.5% | 49.4 | 61.0% | India | 10692 | 1322 | 1771 | 293 | 7306 | 55.9% | 39.1 | 30.3% | Kazakhstan | 4499 | 231 | 56 | 26 | 4186 | 34.9% | 41.5 | 58.6% | Kenya | 4640 | 342 | 159 | 119 | 4020 | 43.6% | 37.3 | 31.6% | Laos | 4989 | 109 | 528 | 816 | 3536 | 50.7% | 37.7 | 30.1% | Latvia | 929 | 196 | 16 | 3 | 714 | 34.5% | 49.3 | 70.6% | Malawi | 5551 | 309 | 173 | 214 | 4855 | 43.0% | 35.8 | 15.5% | Malaysia | 6145 | 1136 | 253 | 210 | 4546 | 48.7% | 39.9 | 63.4% | Mali | 5209 | 4791 | 19 | 73 | 326 | 88.0% | 39.4 | 40.5% | Mauritania | 3907 | 643 | 238 | 440 | 2586 | 38.8% | 39.0 | 40.3% | Mauritius | 3968 | 1387 | 118 | 40 | 2423 | 62.7% | 41.1 | 48.7% | Mexico | 38746 | 15345 | 508 | 225 | 22668 | 42.5% | 41.2 | 71.3% | Morocco | 5000 | 2961 | 36 | 281 | 1722 | 67.4% | 38.7 | 62.5% | Myanmar | 6045 | 166 | 335 | 5 | 5539 | 45.4% | 40.8 | 24.6% | Namibia | 4379 | 573 | 168 | 187 | 3451 | 40.8% | 37.8 | 48.1% | Nepal | 8822 | 5629 | 328 | 257 | 2608 | 68.4% | 35.0 | 21.1% | Pakistan | 6502 | 3050 | 310 | 307 | 2835 | 64.8% | 37.0 | 41.2% | Paraguay | 5288 | 653 | 90 | 40 | 4505 | 49.1% | 39.8 | 47.8% | Philippines | 10083 | 1896 | 591 | 39 | 7557 | 51.3% | 38.3 | 60.0% | Russia | 4427 | 944 | 43 | 67 | 3373 | 35.7% | 49.0 | 92.5% | Senegal | 3465 | 1794 | 55 | 345 | 1271 | 59.9% | 37.9 | 59.7% | Slovakia | 2535 | 758 | 37 | 90 | 1650 | 33.3% | 37.3 | 90.8% | Slovenia | 687 | 119 | 10 | 8 | 550 | 46.2% | 47.2 | — | South Africa | 2629 | 1033 | 258 | 82 | 1256 | 51.4% | 37.3 | 62.3% | Spain | 6373 | 257 | 71 | 81 | 5964 | 41.3% | 52.3 | 72.1% | Sri Lanka | 6805 | 1066 | 962 | 116 | 4661 | 53.4% | 40.9 | 16.3% | Swaziland | 3121 | 1269 | 141 | 130 | 1581 | 44.4% | 37.5 | 24.3% | Tunisia | 5203 | 988 | 51 | 47 | 4117 | 50.9% | 40.6 | 65.3% | Turkey | 11481 | 3314 | 124 | 2 | 8041 | 51.4% | 40.6 | 50.5% | Ukraine | 2860 | 170 | 55 | 448 | 2187 | 36.2% | 47.0 | 78.0% | United Arab Emirates | 1183 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 1084 | 52.0% | 37.2 | 76.8% | Uruguay | 2996 | 46 | 70 | 33 | 2847 | 48.0% | 45.8 | 83.4% | Vietnam | 4174 | 692 | 469 | 18 | 2995 | 50.8% | 39.4 | 22.9% | Zambia | 4166 | 1922 | 61 | 44 | 2139 | 47.5% | 35.3 | 39.2% | Zimbabwe | 4292 | 1755 | 71 | 78 | 2388 | 42.0% | 35.4 | 41.5% | Total | 267926 | 78668 | 9596 | 7037 | 172625 | 49.4% | 40.8 | 51.6% |
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